**CRITERIA** Choosing the year's top stories was a judgment call, based on an assessment of each story'​s effect on the aftermath of the settlement of the Axanar copyright infringement lawsuit.

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**CRITERIA** Choosing the year's top stories was a judgment call, based on an assessment of each story'​s effect on the aftermath of the settlement of the Axanar copyright infringement lawsuit. ​{{:​axamonitor-ico.gif?​nolink|}}